93 Wachtel Road, PO Box 36 MOOROOK SA 5332 Phone: 08 85839284 Fax: 08 85839201

Principal: Sonya Warren Governing Council Chairperson: Jo Hogg

www.moorookps.sa.edu.au DL.0280.info@schools.sa.edu.au

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Moorook Primary School

N E W S L E T T E R Term 1, Week 5 - Friday 2nd March 2018

Great place to GROW

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From the Principal

On Tuesday night we had our first evening assembly for the year and it was terrific to see so many families represented. The evening began with a light tea and a big thank you to Mrs Jantosik and the students for their preparation of such delicious food! The assembly was a great opportunity for our students to showcase their learning so far this year. We also inducted our SRC members and we wish them all the best as the take on this very important leadership role in our school. Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) followed the assembly and it was wonderful to see so many attend. At this meeting we elected our Governing Council and we would like to thank our returning members: Jo Hogg (Chairperson), Tanya Beames (2nd Chairperson), Jacey Koop (Secretary/Treasurer), Claire Reimann, Bec Powditch, Daryn Piltz, Julie Pantic and welcome our new members: Adrian Hogg & Heath Hera-Singh. We are looking forward to working closely together this year to continue promoting and supporting our wonderful small school.

Thank you,

Sonya Warren

Diary Dates... Thurs 8th March - Swimming lessons Friday 9th March - STUDENT FREE DAY Monday 12th March - PUBLIC HOLIDAY Wednesday 14th March - YEL excursion Thurs 15th March - Swimming lessons Fri 16th March - Yr 7’s at GRIP Conference

Don’t forget...

STUDENT FREE DAY

FRIDAY 9th MARCH

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Governing Council News

We had our first AGM and Governing Council meeting for the year on Tuesday 27th February. We would like to thank the returning members for agreeing to stay on our council and also welcome our new members. It will be great to have every-one’s input this year. Some items discussed were: partially replacing back playground Environmental Studies around Yatco Lagoon

Mother’s Day Fundraising stall

Hi everyone Want to be a great parent? Want to raise a happy, healthy, well behaved kid? Want to live in

a home where discipline becomes unnecessary? The secret is to create a close connection with your child. It isn't enough to tell our children that we love them. We need to put our love into action every day for them to feel it. But what does it mean, "putting our love into action"? Mostly, it means making that connection with our child our highest priority. Love in action means:

*paying thoughtful attention to your child *seeing things from your child's point of view *remembering that this child who sometimes drives you crazy is still precious and carries much hope. This takes a lot of energy to really engage and be fully present with them. Remember that almost all parents whose children have grown up say they wish they had spent more time with there kids. But what does being fully present mean? Being present means paying attention . Like a marriage or a friendship, your relationship with your child needs positive at-tention to thrive. Attention=love. Next time I will elaborate on the foundational things you can do to make this happen.

Cheers Brenton - Pastoral Care Worker

Brenton's Blog

ATtendence Please don’t forget to contact the school if your child is going to be absent. Contact can be in person, by phone or text message. Thank you.

Our 2018 Attendance target is

96% or greater

Visible Learning Do you understand what it means to be a visible learner? Perhaps you could ask your child if they do the following at school...

SRC News Our members were inducted into the SRC at our Evening Assembly on Tuesday night. Current items from last meeting:

HARMONY DAY - Wednesday 21st March. Families will be encouraged to bring along a plate of food to share.

DENIM FOR DEAFNESS DAY - Last day of Term 1 students will be encouraged to wear something denim and bring along a gold coin donation. All proceeds to go to The Deafness Foundation.

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Upper Primary Classroom Talk At our evening assembly this week, our students got to showcase some of their learning, which included what they have been doing in Maths. This involved the students setting up some stalls to sell products they had made.

In Ms Miller’s numeracy group, we have been working on financial literacy. We had to make a budget, market and make a product and sell it for profit. We had to come up with a business name, logo, flyers and business cards to advertise our product. Our products were on sale at the evening assembly. Now we are calculating our profit and loss and creating a spreadsheet to show our calculations & earnings. Anise Piltz, Yr 6 At the assembly, the students also had some of their artwork on display. They are currently studying Surrealism and in particular the artist Salvador Dali. Each student had to choose one of his pieces and copy it into their sketch books. From here they then had to plan how to re-create this artwork as a 3-Dimensional piece. These are still being completed, so stay tuned for the final pieces of artwork!

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unity notices & Info

Barmera Monash Football Club – U13 Preseason training every Tuesday & Thursday nights for 2018 @ 5pm from 27th February Under 13 coach is Matthew Minn All players intending to play this season are urged to attend